The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings October 23, 2012 Why not continue the Journey?   “So I’d much rather get across the concept of freedom. It’s what’s important to Indian children. The only way you can be free is to know is that you are worthwhile as a distinct human being. Otherwise you become what the colonizers have designed,…

Bird Droppings October 22, 2012 Should we look within to who we really are?   Amazing what a day or two out of routine will do. I actually did not get on my computer and do anything of a writing sort knowing this coming week off I would be writing in significant quantity. So I…

Bird Droppings October 19, 2012 Would you choose mud or stars?   About two weeks from today I will celebrate a birthday and for several years now as I start and make a comment about my age a good friend always reminds me I have the years wrong. I claim to be a year younger…

Bird Droppings October 18, 2012 Can you tie a knot with only one end?   “Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitudes toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it.” Charles…

Bird Droppings October 17, 2012 Should we compare children to sponges or containers?   “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” William Butler Yeats   Numerous times over the past few years I have been amazed by four year olds and the level of inquisitiveness as the Early…

Bird Droppings October 16, 2012 Over the years I have found it is simply to write   “I hold strongly to the belief that we are all part of the drum, and when the drumhead is struck in one place, it reverberates through us all. I also hold firmly to the belief that service to…

Bird Droppings October 15, 2012 Can we even look for truth in an untruthful world?   “A king asked a sage to explain the Truth. In response the sage asked the king how he would convey the taste of a mango to someone who had never eaten anything sweet. No matter how hard the king…

Bird Droppings October 14, 2012 Looking into a child’s eyes   Another morning much like many others that have passed by, I sit thinking about what is passing by as I write. I walked outside for a few moments to feel the coolness of the air and stars over my head. Orion and the big…

Bird Droppings October 13, 2012 It is not about random acts of kindness?   I was a bit under the weather when I got up this morning and my faithful dog decided I did not need sleep as well. She was quick run outside and then wanted right back in the house. It was close…

Bird Droppings October 12, 2012 Can simple words contain wisdom?   I am sitting here at least thinking about our new smart initiative in our county. That is we are going the route of iPads versus books next year for students.   “It is amazing to me how in all the hoopla and debate these…